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JEFF WAYNE’S THE WAR OF THE WORLDS – “DEAD LONDON (PART 2)”.
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Tabbed by: S.Johnson 2008.
Tuning:E,A,D,G,B,E.
Overdriven guitar.
…… “a gold chain and a watch scattered on the pavement”.
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------(9)/(10)--------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------(7)/(8)---------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BU (TH)LD slowly
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B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---10---12(14)---(12)--------10--------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BU slowly (with sustaining feedback) “UH…LA!”
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B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------6(7)------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----/(8)-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
…..”That mighty desert of houses”….
BU LD slowly BU
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B|---------------------------------17(18)(18)—(18)(17)-----16-15-16.—17(18)--|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/j/jeff-wayne/109755.html ]
(rake)BU slowly
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B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------6(7)----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------X-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----8---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
“The wailing took possession”…..
< (volume pedal swell)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------7-------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------7~---------------------|
A|-------------------8-------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BU slowly BU slowly (rake)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------15-------------|
G|----------7---8----8(10)------------10----12(14)------------X--------------|
D|---------------------------------------8.-------------------X--------------|
A|----/(8)----8--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BU slowlyLD slowly BU slowly (clean guitar)BU slowly
e|----11(12)(11)-----12(13)--------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------11----------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------9(10)------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
….”But as still as the first”….
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B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------(9)-\-(10)-----------------------------------|
D|------------------------------(7)-\-(8)------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
“I scrambled on the top of Primrose Hill”……..
BN (I use an E-bow on the high setting over the neck pick-up).
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B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------/(7)-----/(19)-\(15)-/(17)~----\(12)/(14)/(15)/(17)\(14)~------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
MAIN INTRO THEME REPRISE
(Distotion guitars)
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B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---/(7)-7---5-----------------------------/(5)-5---3-----------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------7--5-7-5-7-5-7-5-7-5--7-|
D|---/(7)-7---5-----------------------------/(5)-----------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------7--------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| / slide up | \ slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off
| ~ vibrato | + harmonic | x Mute note
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